Texas Open Innovation Conference: Sponsorship Opportunities

This two-day event has now finished.

But if you are interested in sponsoring for the 2018 conference, sponsorship packages are available for companies that wish to participate. The different levels of sponsorship can include marketing and brand exposure, conference passes, access to one-on-one discussions with high-level professionals, and/or other exclusive and customizable opportunities that elevate your organization as an innovator and industry leader.

If you have a solution for innovation professionals and want to meet with decision makers one-on-one, contact us now to discuss customized opportunities:

Presented by:

Lone Star College

LSC-University Park is the sixth LSC College, located in the former Compaq Computer’s world headquarters complex. The 71-acre college houses a University Center with two university partners – University of Houston-Downtown and University of Houston. It is also home to a Law Enforcement Academy, the Energy and Manufacturing Institute, iSchoolHigh, a charter high school; several business partners and Lone Star Corporate College. Under its first President, Shah Ardalan, LSC-University Park has been recognized nationally as a model for the innovative college of the 21st century. The college is located at the corner of State Highway 249 and Louetta Road. For more information about LSC-University Park, call 281.290.2600 or visit LoneStar.edu/UP.

2017 Partners

Supporting Partners

Shell GameChanger

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with an average of 93,000 employees in more than 70 countries. Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry, while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. Safety and environmental and social responsibility are at the heart of our activities. Our people are central to the delivery of our strategy. Working together on some of the most innovative and exciting energy projects in the world, from the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas field to the largest floating liquefied natural gas production facility, we are making an impact on the future of energy. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach to help build a sustainable energy future.

GameChanger is an innovation program founded by Shell in 1996 to provide innovators with the financial, technical, and mentoring support needed to demonstrate the technical and commercial viability of their ideas. Since then, GameChanger has worked with more than 1,700 innovators around the world, helping them turn more than 100 ideas into reality.

Aramco Services Company (ASC)

Aramco Services Company (ASC) is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a fully integrated energy and chemicals enterprise. ASC conducts a wide range of activities to help Saudi Aramco facilitate the safe and reliable delivery of energy to customers around the globe. Core services include managing a network of three U.S. research centers; identifying upstream and downstream best practices and potential technology partners for Saudi Aramco; working with suppliers and vendors to provide Saudi Aramco with goods and services; handling quality inspections for materials and equipment procured for Saudi Aramco; and recruiting professionals for careers with ASC and its parent company.

ASC is headquartered in Houston, and maintains offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and research facilities in Houston, Detroit and Boston.

Conduent

Advancing the Everyday

The learner of yesterday was a victim of pushed learning that was restricted to the job and nothing about the future. The learner of today has more of a choice in what she learns but still has limitations. The learner of tomorrow is responsible for his learning both formal and user-generated content. At Conduent Learning, we believe that to be more effective and impact business results, learning should be continuous, available at the point of need, leveraging a variety of delivery formats, new technologies, and innovative approaches. We offer a well-constructed learning and development eco-system that increases effectiveness by connecting employees at all levels to a broad range of content, processes, and technologies to drive performance.

Conduent Learning focuses on each client’s broad learning constituency — employees, customers, vendors, business leaders, and channel partners. We focus on sharpening employee and business performance across a wide array of client business goals including strategic transformation, risk management, the future workforce, and cost reduction or speed to profit. Our clients realize efficiency, quality and cycle time benefits through collaboration with our experts to create a high performance and business-ready workforce that is equipped to respond to changing market and customer requirements.

With the speed of change in today’s business world, to stay relevant and competitive, companies and their employees must perform at the top of their game. Conduent Learning Services is an award-winning provider of global end-to-end corporate learning services, designed to accelerate productivity and growth for your business. Conduent Learning’s diverse expertise allows us to deliver impactful, performance-based learning solutions that align with strategic business goals, accessible to our customers at the point and time of need. Our brand recognition, global presence, and superior innovation give us a powerful competitive position, and offers our customers a true trusted partner.

Endorsing Partners

University of Houston Downtown

Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce

The Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1974 to serve the greater northwest area of Harris County. Visionary citizens chartered the Chamber and today it has grown to more than 700 members serving an area of approximately 500,000 residents.

German American Chamber of Commerce

The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States, Inc. (GACC South) was founded in 1978 to promote and support bilateral trade between Germany and the U.S. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and with a branch office in Houston, Texas, the GACC South serves eleven Southern states – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, and two U.S. Territories – Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The GACC South is a private, non-profit organization and serves as the official representative of German industry and trade in the Southern U.S. With almost 700 members, the GACC South is one of the biggest bilateral Chambers in the Southern US. The GACC South offers consulting and career services, as well as networking events and marketing services.

The GACC South is part of an international network composed of 130 German foreign chambers of commerce and government offices in 90 countries. Other German Chambers in the U.S. are located in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Detroit.

Australian American Chamber of Commerce

British-American Business Council Houston

The British-American Business Council’s member companies include many of the world’s largest multinationals as well as thousands of middle-market companies with an established interest in transatlantic business. Join today and develop business (and social!) relationships with 2,000 other member companies of the BABC transatlantic network!

North Houston Regional Center for Economic Development (NHRCED)

A robust and diverse business environment, steady growth, and a ready workforce are among the many reasons businesses are moving to the North Houston region. Forested beauty, outstanding educational opportunities, abundant parks, lakes, and recreational venues are reasons their employees want to live here.

The North Houston Regional Center for Economic Development (NHRCED) is proud to serve the more than 1,400 square miles of towns, districts, and unincorporated communities that comprise the region. NHRCED works in collaboration with regional EDOs, chambers of commerce, business and industry, and government agencies and officials to ensure that our region continues to provide value and profitability to businesses seeking to relocate or to expand to our region.

NHRCED is a division of Lone Star College (LSC) and is housed within the LSC Office of External Affairs. LSC is a major contributor to the local, regional, and state economy and is committed to developing and building the region’s workforce.

Society of Oil and Gas Entrepreneurs

he Society of Oil and Gas Entrepreneurs (SOGE) is made up of a group of entrepreneurs that volunteer their time to assist aspiring and revenue producing oil and gas entrepreneurs in their journey to push innovation, efficiency and safety in the marketplace. The association is a non-profit that counts with over 600 members around the world.

Colombia-Texas Chamber of Commerce

An independent non-profit organization, established with the purpose of promoting trade and investment between Colombia and the State of Texas. The Colombia-Texas Chamber of Commerce facilitates American and Colombian companies to expand their business in Colombia and Texas.

The Chamber accomplishes this by providing access to specialized market research, identifying business leads and reliable business partners. The Chamber also provides access to high level business and governmental decision makers.

The chamber is a forum for the exchange on information related to Colombia and Texas and promotes and serves as a conduit for fostering of commercial and cultural ties.

The chamber supports social progress in Colombia through partnership with recognized charitable institutions and programs.

Houston Technology Center

Named by Forbes’ as one of “Ten Technology Incubators Changing the World,” and as one of “Twelve Business Incubators Changing the World,” the Houston Technology Center is the largest technology business incubator and accelerator in Texas, advancing the commercialization of emerging technology companies in the greater Houston area. HTC serves as the nexus of new ideas, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship. Each day, the staff and partners of the Houston Technology Center work closely with entrepreneurs and startup companies providing them with in-depth strategic and tactical business guidance, fundraising advice, and connecting them to opportunities, allies, and capital. As a catalyst for change, economic growth and development, HTC’s focus is to assist in the acceleration and commercialization of emerging technology companies.

Greater Houston Black Chamber

Founded in 1935 as the city’s first African-American civic organization, the Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) is the best forum in Houston to reach and partner with African-American owned businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals. Learn how you can become a member or partner with the Greater Houston Black Chamber.

ProMéxico

ProMexico is the Mexican Government institution in charge of strengthening Mexico’s participation in the international economy. With this objective in mind, the institution supports the export activity of companies established in the country and coordinates actions to attract foreign direct investment to national territory.

Association Partners

International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP)

A professional membership organization, the International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) is the world’s only innovation certification body, providing members with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to deliver real change in their industry or field. The IBoK (Innovation Body of Knowledge) is developed and maintained by members through a transparent and democratic process that assures everyone the opportunity to contribute. This is not someone’s opinion of what innovation should be – it is the worldview of your peers and professionals from the community. We have completed the Certified Innovation Professional – Base Level exam as well as the Certified Design for Innovation exam. We will offer the Tools and Techniques and Certified Innovation Manager exam for the first time in March 2016. Members are free to sit for these on-line exams at their convenience.

IAOIP-certified innovation professionals are equipped with the appropriate tools to make a strategic difference by becoming an active participant in innovation teams at all levels of their organization through knowledge exchange, research, conferences, training, and publications.

With individual, corporate, public, and non-profit members around the world (we have members in 30 countries), IAOIP is the leading international membership-based organization dedicated to the professional development of individuals working in the field of innovation.

The League for Innovation in the Community College (League)

The League for Innovation in the Community College (League) is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate innovation in the community college environment.

Founded in 1968 by B. Lamar Johnson and a dozen U.S. community and technical college presidents, the League has proudly served community college institutions for almost five decades. Through these years, the League has sponsored more than 200 conferences, institutes, seminars, and workshops; published over 200 reports, monographs, periodicals, and books; led approximately 140 research and demonstration projects; and provided numerous other resources and services to the community college field.

CEOs from 17 of the most influential, resourceful, and dynamic community colleges and districts in the world comprise the League’s board of directors and provide strategic direction for its ongoing activities. These community colleges and their leaders are joined by almost 500 institutions that hold membership in the League Alliance.

With this core of powerful and innovative community colleges and 100 corporate partners, the League continues to fulfill its mission through conferences and institutes; online resources; research; and projects and initiatives with member colleges, corporate partners, government agencies, and private foundations in support of student and institutional success.

League activities and initiatives center on essential topics for community colleges, including diversity, equity, and inclusion; information technology; leadership development; learning and student success; research and practice; and workforce development.

Houston Angel Network

The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is the oldest angel network in Texas and most active angel network in the USA.

Its members have invested more than $73M in more than 235 deals since its inception in 2001.

The typical individual HAN member is an accredited investor seriously interested in providing capital and coaching to early stage companies. HAN also has institutional members such as seed funds, accelerators, universities and other networks within the innovation ecosystem.

HAN is a non-profit association that does not charge fees to entrepreneurs; its revenue consists of membership fees and sponsorships.

Media Partners

Innovation Leadership Forum

Created by Dr. Bettina von Stamm in 2004, the Innovation Leadership Forum aims to catalyze the innovative spirit and action in organisations and help their members to understand how to foster an innovation-friendly climate that encourages change and nurtures knowledge. It does so through a number of different tools, resources and activities, as well as consultative support that is helpful to senior level executives. Through membership in the ILF Networking Group, senior-level executives have the opportunity to share existing and create new knowledge around innovation; engage deeply with and between member companies; benchmark within and across member companies and keep up to date with latest development in innovation.

CIO Review

CIOReview is a technology magazine that talks about the enterprise solutions that can redefine the business goals of enterprises tomorrow. It is the leading source that shares innovative enterprise solution developed by established solutions providers, upcoming hot enterprises and is a neutral source for technology decision makers. Published from Fremont, California, CIOReview is an excellent platform for the enterprise to showcase their innovative solutions.

Pink Petro

Innoget

Founded in May of 2006, Innoget is a trusted global open innovation network for business people, startups, experts and the academic community to list, discover and get unique online innovation collaboration opportunities around the world.

With a growing community of users and a world-class customer service, Innoget offers a simple and secure opportunity to make trustworthy contacts and advance their innovation. Whether an investment opportunity in a Startup, a R&D funding project, a technology solution request, a Research & Development grant, or a patent for licensing, Innoget connects people from more than 180 countries to initiate collaboration projects with guaranteed protection of their Intellectual Property and Confidentiality.